Effects of immigrant background on text comprehension, vocabulary, and reading motivation: A longitudinal study

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-84

  Kigel, Rebecca M ^a,b   McElvany, Nele ^a,b   Becker, Michael ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immigrant background; Reading literacy; Reading motivation; Social inequality; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908582567     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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